USS Nathan Hale (SSBN-623)
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USS Nathan Hale (SSBN-623), at the AUTEC test range in 1981, Andros Island, Bahamas.
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| Name: | USS Nathan Hale |
| Namesake: | Nathan Hale (1755–1776), a hero of the American Revolutionary War |
| Ordered: | 3 February 1961 |
| Awarded: | 3 February 1961 |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Laid down: | 2 October 1961 |
| Launched: | 12 January 1963 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. George Whelan Anderson, Jr. |
| Commissioned: | 23 November 1963 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 January 1986 |
| Struck: | 31 January 1986 |
| Fate: | Entered Ship-Submarine Recycling Program 2 October 1991; recycling completed 5 April 1994 |
| Status: | Recycled |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Lafayette-class submarine |
| Type: | Ballistic missile submarine (hull design SCB-216) |
| Displacement: |
Surfaced: approx. 7,250 tons Submerged: approx. 8,250 tons |
| Length: | 425 feet (129.6 meters) |
| Beam: | 33 feet (10 meters) |
| Draft: | 31.5 feet (9.6 meters) |
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Surfaced: 16 – 20 knots Submerged: 22 – 25 knots |
| Complement: | Two crews (Blue Crew and Gold), 13 officers and 130 enlisted men each |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
BQS-4 sonar |
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Surfaced: approx. 7,250 tons
Surfaced: 16 – 20 knots
USS Nathan Hale (SSBN-623) was the sixth Lafayette class nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine produced. She was named for Captain Nathan Hale (1755–1776), a Connecticut schoolteacher who served in the Continental Army and known most famously for giving his life as a spy during the American Revolutionary War.
The contract for Nathan Hale's construction was awarded on 3 February 1961. Construction began on 2 October 1961 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 12 January 1963, sponsored by the wife of Admiral George Whelan Anderson, Jr., and commissioned on 23 November 1963 in a subdued ceremony due to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy the day before.
Nathan Hale entered service on 21 May 1964 with her home port at Charleston, South Carolina, and performed deterrent patrols as a member of the United States Atlantic Fleet. She was originally outfitted with the Polaris missile system and in the 1970s underwent conversion to the Poseidon missile system. In the period 1967-68 she underwent overhaul and refueling, and was subsequently transferred to the Pacific Fleet, home ported in Pearl Harbor, HI, and operating out of Agana, Guam. By April 1986 she had completed 69 deterrent patrols in the Atlantic and Pacific.
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